Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Amphipoda > Suborder Senticaudata > Infraorder Gammarida > Parvorder Gammaridira > Superfamily Gammaroidea > Family Gammaridae

Gammarus Fabricius, 1775

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Cancer (Gammarus) Fabricius, 1775 synonym

Children

Gammarus aequicauda (Martynov, 1931)
Gammarus arduus G. Karaman, 1975
Gammarus balcanicus Schäferna, 1923
Gammarus belli G. Karaman, 1984
Gammarus bosniacus Schäferna, 1922
Gammarus chevreuxi Sexton, 1913
Gammarus crenulatus G.S. Karaman & Pinkster, 1977
Gammarus crinicornis Stock, 1966
Gammarus duebeni Lilljeborg, 1852
Gammarus dulensis S. Karaman, 1929
Gammarus fasciatus Say, 1818
Gammarus fossarum Koch, 1836
Gammarus frater G. S. Karaman & Pinkster, 1977
Gammarus goedmakersae G.S. Karaman & Pinkster, 1977
Gammarus ibericus Margalef, 1951
Gammarus inaequicauda Stock, 1966
Gammarus insensibilis Stock, 1966
Gammarus italicus Goedmakers & Pinkster, 1977
Gammarus kischineffensis Schellenberg, 1937
Gammarus komareki Schäferna, 1923
Gammarus lacustris G.O. Sars, 1863
Gammarus leopoliensis Jazdzewski & Konopacka, 1989
Gammarus locusta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Gammarus monspeliensis Pinkster, 1972
Gammarus nox Stock, 1995
Gammarus oceanicus Segerstråle, 1947
Gammarus ochridensis (Schäferna, 1926)
Gammarus pljakici G. S. Karaman, 1964
Gammarus pulex (Linnaeus, 1758)
Gammarus rambouseki S. Karaman, 1931
Gammarus roeseli Gervais, 1835
Gammarus roeselii Gervais, 1835
Gammarus salinus Spooner, 1947
Gammarus setosus Dementieva, 1931
Gammarus stojicevici (S. Karaman, 1929)
Gammarus subtypicus Stock, 1966
Gammarus tigrinus Sexton, 1939
Gammarus uludagi G.S. Karaman, 1975
Gammarus varsoviensis Jazdzewski, 1975
Gammarus wautieri Roux, 1967
Gammarus wilkitzkii Birula, 1897
Gammarus zaddachi Sexton, 1912

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 English: scuds sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.
 German: Flohkrebse

Literature

original description

Fabricius, J.C. (1775). Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adjectis Sysnonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. [A System of Entomology, containing the Classes, Orders, Genera, and Species of Insects, with added Sysnonyms, Localities, Descriptions, and Observations.]. Kortii, Flensburgi et Lipsiae. 832 pp.

basis of record

Bellan-Santini, D.; Costello, M.J. (2001). Amphipoda. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: pp. 295-308.

additional source

Lincoln, R. J. (1979). British marine Amphipoda: Gammaridea. British Museum (Natural History). 658 pp.

identification resource

Tong, Y.; Wang, X.; Liu, F.; LI, S.; Hou, Z. (2022). Taxonomic study of the genus Gammarus (Amphipoda, Gammaridae) from Xinjiang, China, with description of a new species. Zootaxa. 5120(1): 97-110.

identification resource

Amman, E. (2003). Flohkrebse (Gammaridae) in Vorarlberg. Vorarlberger Naturschau. 12 Seite 65 – 76 Dornbirn 2003.

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Citation

Horton, T.; Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Copilas-Ciocianu, D.; Corbari, L.; Costello, M.J.; Daneliya, M.; Dauvin, J.-C.; Fišer, C.; Gasca, R.; Grabowski, M.; Guerra-García, J.M.; Hendrycks, E.; Hughes, L.; Jaume, D.; Jazdzewski, K.; Kim, Y.-H.; King, R.; Krapp-Schickel, T.; LeCroy, S.; Lörz, A.-N.; Mamos, T.; Senna, A.R.; Serejo, C.; Souza-Filho, J.F.; Tandberg, A.H.; Thomas, J.D.; Thurston, M.; Vader, W.; Väinölä, R.; Valls Domedel, G.; Vonk, R.; White, K.; Zeidler, W. (2025). World Amphipoda Database. Gammarus Fabricius, 1775. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101537

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Gammarus Fabricius, 1775. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/f0b1c514-97a3-45c6-be96-3c0657178d62

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Occurrence

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Environment


marine, brackish, fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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2021-11-27 by Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall & by Tammy Horton & by Dr. Ronald Vonk

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